ONGC gains on receiving nod to acquire government’s 51.11% stake in HPCL

22 Aug 2017 Evaluate

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is currently trading at Rs. 160.00, up by 2.45 points or 1.56% from its previous closing of Rs. 157.55 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 158.10 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 160.15 and Rs. 157.60 respectively. So far 2,60,000 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 212.00 on 31-Jan-2017 and a 52 week low of Rs. 155.30 on 27-Jun-2017.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 164.60 and Rs. 156.90 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 2,05,331.00 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 68.07%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 18.08% and 13.85% respectively.

ONGC has received an in-principle approval to acquire the government’s 51.11% stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL). The board of directors of the company at its meeting held on August 21, 2017 has approved for the same. Last month, the government had approved sale of its 51.11% stake in oil refiner HPCL to India’s largest oil producer ONGC.

Further, the board has constituted a Committee of Directors to examine various aspects of the said proposal and to provide its recommendations to the Board of Director.

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is India’s largest government-run corporation and produces about 70% of India’s crude oil and natural gas. The corporation is the biggest public sector commercial organization in India.


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